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Only One Want

A destructive storm recently passed hi the vicinity of Watertown, Dakato Territory, doing considerable damage. A number of settlers lost nearly everything, their houses being blown away and personal effects destroyed. A relief committee went out from Watertown the next morning to look up the sufferers. One of the worst cases they could learn was that of a woman who had had a small house directly in the path of the storm and who lost everything she had in the world, with the exception of a dress which she hurriedly slipped on when awakened by the storm. Some of the lady members of the Committee visited her at a neighbour's house. "Bo you lost everything?" one of them said. " Everything I had in the world except the dross I have on." "House and furniture all blown aM r ay V* "Yes." u Your clothiug all gone except that dress ?" "Everything— even my shoes and stockings." " Well, we havo come out to do something for you people who were so unfortunate as to be struck by the cyclone. What will you want first in the way of clothing?" " Well," replied the woman, who had losfc everything, <% I feel very grateful for your kindness. You just give me a bustle, and I think I can stir around and earn the resb of the things I need myself."

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Te Aroha News, 26 November 1887, Page 8

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228

Only One Want Te Aroha News, 26 November 1887, Page 8

Only One Want Te Aroha News, 26 November 1887, Page 8

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